title: Using a feminist framework for investigating staff nurses' philosophies of nursing.
abstract: The objective of this study is to explore and describe registered nurses' stated philosophies, beliefs, and values about nursing. A qualitative, phenomenological method was used. Unstructured interviews with nine master's prepared registered nurses were conducted, with recurrent themes identified as: nurse as change agent, nurses as an oppressed group, nursing as self-identity, nursing as commitment, nursing as ethical value, and nursing as technical function. A comparison between feminist values and participant statements showed that although the nurses did not identify themselves as feminists, their espoused values were congruent with those of feminism.
authors.affiliation: Patient Services, Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, IN, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Musser
mesh_terms: D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing